Tips on Buying a Used Car
Best Used Trucks for Cheap
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Looking for the cheapest trucks, the least expensive, lowest price trucks you can find? Your best bet is a good used truck that’s only a few years old. Selecting a 2008 or 2009 used truck with few frills – but ample power for your needs – should give you a lot of truck for the [...]
Best 4 Door Trucks
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Quick, name the automakers that build 4-door trucks. There are quite a lot of them, actually, so maybe it’s better to concentrate on overall class size first, and then number of doors. There are small or compact pickup trucks, midsize ones and full-size or large pickups. You can buy a 4-door version of all of [...]
Best Mom Cars
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009What is a Mom car, anyway? As a mother myself, I can tell you it isn’t some dowdy econobox that causes other cars to zoom past you on the freeway while casting a derogatory look in your direction. Nope, moms want and deserve a little style and performance along with safety and plenty of room. [...]
Best 2 Door Cars
Monday, November 16th, 20092 door cars or coupes, are very popular choices for first-time buyers, younger drivers and those looking for an affordable, attractive alternative to 4-door sedans, wagons or SUVs. They are particularly appropriate if you don’t really need extra space for other family members, and you like the sportier style of a coupe. What 2-door cars [...]
Best V6 Cars
Saturday, November 14th, 2009When shopping for a good used car seems more like a chore than it should be, consider what it is you really need in the way of wheels and refine your search accordingly. If a reliable, good-looking and affordable V6 is in your sights, here are three picks that you should seriously consider.
These choices are [...]
Best Used Honda Cars
Thursday, November 12th, 2009Long noted for exceptional reliability, strong resale values and high quality fit and finish, you can’t go wrong with a Honda, it seems. And as some of the most popular-selling vehicles in America, there are plenty of used Hondas out there worthy of consideration. Here are three of the Best Used Honda Cars – chosen [...]
The Best Cars for Young Drivers
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Safety features should be your first consideration when it comes to the best cars for young drivers – since they don’t have that many years of experience behind the wheel. Newer used cars have more standard safety features, but choose vehicles that have electronic stability control, side curtain air bags and good crash test ratings [...]
Best Used AWD Cars
Sunday, November 8th, 2009All-wheel drive (AWD) cars provide great security and confidence – and a bit of off-road capability. But AWD cars can also be pricey compared to front-wheel drive (FWD) or rear-wheel drive (RWD) models. Buying used can solve this problem.
Which used AWD cars are the best? This list of the Top 3 Best Used AWD cars [...]
Top 3 Best Used Sedans
Sunday, November 8th, 2009Just because it’s a sedan doesn’t mean it has to be stodgy. Automakers have really stepped up their game in recent years to offer consumers the latest technological advances in the all-important family sedan category. And, that also translates to creature comforts, styling and performance. What else do you look for in a sedan? Besides [...]
Top 3 Best Used 2007 SUVs
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Choosing a used SUV means getting the most you can for the money. Add in reliability, safety, features, comfort and pizzazz and you’ve got a real winner – if you do your homework. Look for one about 3 to 4 years old, has excellent history, good reliability and warranty – and [...]
Top 3 Best Used Station Wagons with Third Row Seats
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009It’s true that what’s old is new again, whether you’re talking fashion or cars. Before there were SUVs, before there were minivans, there were station wagons. Somewhere along the line, the wagon got a bad rap and disappeared mostly from the automotive landscape. Instead of the old woodies of years past, [...]
Top 3 Most Fuel Efficient Used SUVs
Friday, October 30th, 2009There’s no getting around it. When you’re talking about the most fuel-efficient used SUVs, you’re looking at hybrids first. After hybrids, there are a slew of almost-there choices, but this is, after all, an article about the most fuel efficient. This also means that the SUVs are compact in size. So, [...]
Top 3 Best Used Chevy SUVs
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Looking to buy a used Chevy SUV? The volume leader from General Motors has some very attractive choices that can reasonably accommodate every buying requirement. Here are the Top 3 Best Used Chevy SUVs to consider.
Chevrolet Traverse (2009) – It’s an all-new model for 2009, and if you can get a used [...]
Top 3 Best Used 7-Passenger SUVs
Monday, October 26th, 2009Talk about a 7-passenger SUV and you’re looking at a third-row seat, for starters. But that’s not the only requirement for most families who want room, space, comfort and a decent value for the money. Fortunately, there are a number of good values out there – even though you may need [...]
Top 3 Best Used Crossover SUVs
Saturday, October 24th, 2009Crossover SUVs combine the best of passenger cars and sport utility vehicles. The best ride more like a car and have the versatility and capability of an SUV – or truck, for that matter, since many are built on truck platforms. The trick, as always, is to finesse the attributes so that [...]
Top 3 Best Used 8 Seat SUV
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009Specify 8-seat or 8 passenger SUV and you’re up into the full-size category. These are the big, powerful carryalls that can also tow a fairly good load. With new, more fuel-efficient engines, they’re getting better gas mileage than ever, and some are even available in hybrid configurations. But you don’t buy [...]
Top 3 Best Hybrid SUVs
Monday, October 19th, 2009With automakers adding more hybrids to the lineup in 2010, consumers looking to go green have plenty of choices. What it comes down to depends on your needs for passenger seating, space, power, luxury, warranty and price. Only you can decide which hybrid SUV is right for you – or whether you’d [...]
Top 3 Best Used Family Cars
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Confused about which used car to buy for your family? Don’t be. There are lots of great choices out there. First, however, determine exactly what you need in terms of passenger seating, spaciousness, cargo-carrying capability, power and performance, fuel economy, amenities and safety features. Another consideration is your budget. Remember [...]
Top 3 Best Used Convertible Cars
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009By Suzanne Kane
Top down, wind riffling your hair, tunes blaring as you take corners with ease, supremely confident in your convertible’s sure-footedness, powerful engine, and fairly respectable fuel economy – what a picture! Trying to put you behind the wheel of a brand new convertible, however, might just be out of the [...]
Top 3 Best Used American Cars
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Tired of seeing only foreign automakers’ products on the best used cars lists? If you’ve been paying attention, you’d see there are some really good American cars out there. We’ve even listed them. But they’re usually farther down the list, edged out by perennially reliable Toyotas and Hondas. That’s the bad news. [...]